general public or by influential societal leaders may lead to demands for greater public accountability for police associations, which may in turn lead to the imposition of public controls on the activities of these associations. Within such a context, the assessment of the perceptions of members toward the activities and policies of police associations assumes significance, because such an assessment may lead to member-led changes in the activities and policies of police associations that in turn moderate demands for greater public accountability.
The data required to investigate the problem described above was obtained through the administration of a survey questionnaire to a sample of the members of police associations serving a major metropolitan area in the United States. An assumption was made that respondents would answer truthfully to the items included on the instrument. A second assumption was made that the perceptions of the m
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